The team has come along slow but fast.
CASEY STENGELGood pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.
More Casey Stengel Quotes
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I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said I don’t drink. Then another fella said hear you and Joe DiMaggio aren’t speaking and I said I’ll take that drink.
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I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I’ve been thrown out of so many.
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If I’ve got a good pinch-hitter, I hate to have him stay on the bench with men on the bases in an early inning. He may end the game right there.
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You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.
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Most ball games are lost, not won.
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Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.
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When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you’re older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
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Never make predictions, especially about the future.
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The Yankees don’t pay me to win every day, just two out of three.
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No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
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If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.
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Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
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Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.
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They say some of my stars drink whiskey, but I have found that ones who drink milkshakes don’t win many ball games.
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If you’re playing baseball and thinking about managing, you’re crazy. You’d be better off thinking about being an owner.
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